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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant B cell lymphoma is cancer of B lymphocytes and accounts for more than deaths in the U S each year While many patients respond to currently available therapy there is a high rate of cancer relapse and inability for the patients o tolerate chemotherapy Thus there is a significant need to make available to these patients newer therapies that are more e ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In this STTR project we present EyeMark a set of advanced image analysis tools for automated computation of biomarkers for diabetic retinopathy DR using retinal fundus images Specifically we will develop tools for computation of microaneurysm MA appearance and disappearance rates jointly known as turnover rates for use as a biomarker in quantifying D ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant For this Phase II STTR proposal the investigators plan to develop and commercialize the radiofrequency RF coil technology to make T body MRI possible and to translate this new technology to vastly improve T clinical MRI as well In the Phase I project leading to this proposal all specific aims were accomplished to demonstrate the feasibility of safely an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Alcohol misuse continues to pose a major burden for public health Screening and brief intervention for alcohol misuse in primary care settings has been recommended for decades and the evidence base supporting it in primary care is robust However many primary care providers do not intervene in alcohol misuse and those that do often fail to do so systematica ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders among youth with lifetime prevalence ranging between of the general population Among anxiety disorders social anxiety disorder SAD affects of all youth resulting in significant short and long term impairment including increased likelihood of substance abuse limited academic achievemen ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In there were new cases of head and neck cancers HNC in the United States Early detection of new and locally recurrent cancers is clinically important to reduce not only cancer related mortality but also treatment associated morbidity as it impacts multiple organ functions including respiration olfaction hearing eating swallowing and speak ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Pediatric Food Allergy FA is recognized as a serious public health concern that affects approximately percent of children with symptoms affecting multiple organ systems including skin the respiratory tract and the GI tract Food induced anaphylaxis which is a rapid potentially life threatening reaction can occur in more serious cases Despite the s ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In Phase our team was able to enhance the ABM B Alert system for use in on the road evaluations by reducing the overall profile of the hardware system introducing real time commenting for marking events in real world activities and assessing and confirming current artifact rejection algorithms for sufficiency in real world environments In addition the ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Perioperative hemorrhage remains the major complication of transurethral and open prostatic surgical procedures Significant blood loss from these procedures causes delayed healing and longer hospitalization which significantly increases the cost of patient care Moreover prolonged urethral catheterization due to significant post operative hematuria is one of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Diffuse large B cell lymphoma DLBCL represents one of the most common variants of Non Hodgkinandapos s lymphoma NHL and oncogenic herpesviruses EBV and KSHV are the etiologic agents for the majority of these tumors in patients over or those infected with the human immunodeficiency virus HIV Despite modest improvements in outcomes for patients rece ...